Kingston Road TAP Project

INVITATION TO BID

Exeter 40436 / X-A004(406)
Kingston Road TAP Project
Transportation Alternative Program (TAP)

Sealed proposals for the Exeter 40436, Kingston Road TAP Project will be received at the Town of Exeter, ("The OWNER"), Public Works Department, 13 Newfields Road, Exeter, NH 03833 until 2:00 p.m. (local time), May 1, 2023.  Bids will be opened and read aloud at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting at 7 pm, in the Nowak Room, Town Office.  Bids received after the specified time will not be accepted.

This Federally funded Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) project involves installing shoulders along both sides of Kingston Road between the Little River Bridge and Pickpocket Road (approximately 1 mile), will include improvements at Brickyard Park driveway/gravel shoulder, and enhance pedestrian crossings.  Shoulder widening will involve removal of existing features and installation of sub-base, pavement, and side slopes, as well as modifying/replacing existing drainage pipes and structures, reconstructing driveways, clearing trees and vegetation (where they conflict with proposed work or restrict sight distances), erecting signage, and modifying utilities, as may be required.  A 5 ft bituminous sidewalk will be installed along the southern side of Kingston Road from Tamarind Lane to the bridge over the Little River (approximately 3,000 ft).  The sidewalk will be separated from the road by a 5 ft grass panel, with some panels containing a Bio Retention Swale.

Plans and specifications may be viewed at the offices of:

(1)        Town of Exeter, Public Works Department, 13 Newfields Road, Exeter, NH 03833

(2)        Construction Summary of New Hampshire, 734 Chestnut St, Manchester, NH 03104

(3)        Associated General Contractors of NH, 48 Grandview Rd, Bow, NH 03304

There will be a non-mandatory pre-bid meeting held on April 19,  2023 at 1:00 pm (local time) at the Public Works Department, 13 Newfields Road, Exeter, NH 03833.  Representatives of the Owner will be present to discuss the project. Addenda, as considered necessary by the Owner, will be transmitted in response to questions arising at the pre-bid conference. Oral statements made at the pre-bid conference may not be relied on and will not be binding or legally effective.

All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be directed in writing or by fax or email to the ENGINEER: CMA Engineers, Inc.
1 Sundial Avenue
Suite 510N
Manchester, NH  03103
Fax No. (603) 627-0746
Attention:  Jason Beaudet, P.E.
Email:  jbeaudet@cmaengineers.com

Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by the ENGINEER in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda delivered to all parties recorded by CMA Engineers, Inc. as having received the Bidding Documents.  Questions received less than five days prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered.  Only questions answered by formal written Addenda will be binding.  Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this advertisement.  No contractor will be discriminated against on grounds of race, sex, religion, color, or national origin.

Bidders will be required to furnish a bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid, and the successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond each in the amount of 100% of the Contract Price.

All individuals, firms, partnerships, or corporations intending to bid must be prequalified with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation for Road Construction or Site Work.  Prequalification must be established no less than three days prior to the bid date.